The materials I use with children are carefully chosen to invite open-ended exploration. Traditional materials such as watercolor, paint, oil pastels, chalk pastels and different mediums, colors, textures, and tools are provided, and children are encouraged to put these materials to use in ways that inspire and excite them. A couple of months ago, as the Atelierista, I was pondering about how a change in their physical space would invite collaboration, creativity, and thinkin